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    This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
    And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
    With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
    Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.

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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

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He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.

by Sir Roger L'estrange Found in: General Sayings,
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Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

Hee that goes barefoot, must not plant thornes.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.

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A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.

When his heart is glad
Of the full harvest, I will speak to him.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson Found in: General Sayings,
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The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.

by Thales Of Miletus Found in: General Sayings,
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Water trotted is as good as oates.

Water trotted is as good as oates.

by George Herbert Found in: General Sayings,
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